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Well No. 4

Methodist Church and Parsonage in Colonía Guaraní

 Sponsor - Rotary International/The Rotary Clubs of Decatur, Georgia, USA; Asunción and Lúque, Paraguay, SA

Colonía Guaraní is located in the Alto Paraná department of Paraguay.  This site is about a 7-9 hour drive from Asunción, on the Brazilian border.  That's on a good day!  Please see our Stories to Tell entry entitled "It Was Only Two Weeks?" to get a true feeling of the distance to Colonía Guaraní!  This project was a little more extensive than other projects, as we included sanitation & kitchen facilities for the pastor's home. 

Front of church at Colonía Guaraní

Pastor Blas' house, next to church

We had a convenient drill site, and enjoyed working with Pastor Blas and his family.

                     View of total work area

Drillers at work

     Building tower for stand tank

We lived in our tent while working on this project.  This was fun for about 2 weeks; however, the project started February, 2003, and did not finish till April, 2003.  Camping can get tiring!

 

Home Sweet Home

 

                             

Daily activities can be challenging!

As the project progressed, living conditions changed as we were able to complete the bathroom for the church.  We then added a sink in the Pastor's house.  The addition of a flush toilet IN THE HOUSE was a major improvement for this family.  Their children ages 3, 5, and 7 had only seen a flush toilet once in their lives.

Taking down the stinky old outhouse - YEA!

 

New and improved baño - flush toilet, sink, HOT shower

Kitchen sink in Pastor Blas' House

The finished stand tank serves as a beacon to all that at this location there is a Methodist Church, open for all to worship.

 Technical Details

 

Sponsor:    Rotary International

Drilling date: Feb 16-18, 2003

Location:   Latitude -  S 24°59.40 '     Longitude - W 54° 32.44'

Elevation:   258 meters above mean sea level

Total cost:    $ 2,871

Drill depth:    22 meters

Soil types encountered:    Clayey sand, clay, basalt basement rock

Static groundwater level:     12.3 meters below ground surface

Dynamic groundwater level:       14.75 meters below ground surface

Installed well depth:   19.6 meters

Length of screened section:   12 meters

Length of gravel packed section:   17.5 meters

Length and type of sealed section:  1.5 meters cement/bentonite grout

Pump description:    Electric submersible, 1 HP, 1 phase 220 volt, with flow restrictor

Depth to base of pump:    18.9 meters

Flow rate: 1,045 liters per hour, with flow restrictor (the smallest pump available in Paraguay is 1 hp, and without the flow

                            restrictor the well was pumped dry in 2 minutes.  With a 4 mm orifice flow restrictor the flow rate is maintained

                            indefinitely with only a 2.4 m drawdown)

Water analysis results: Microbiologic - no bacteria after 72 hour incubation

                                            Microscopic - no disease causing  materials found on sediment

 

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